Trustees' Annual Report for the period From Period start date 01 July 2018 To Period end date 30 June 2019 r ~ r ~ Charity name Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any) 1176267 The Magpie Project Charity's principal address clo Durnin Hall Earlham Grove London Postcode E7 QAB Names of the chari trustees who mana e the chari 2 3 4 5 Trustee name Am Ross Anne Kibuuka Dianne Walls Yasmin Raza Tana Bnll Office (if any) Chair Dates acted if not for whole ear Ste ed down A ril 2019 Name of person (or body) entitled to a oint trustee if an Names of the trustees for the chari if an, for exam le an custodian trustees Name Dates acted if not for whole ear Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) T e of adviser Name Address Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members 0 tional information Jane Williams, Founder/Director TAR March 2012
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Trustees' Annual Report for the period
From
Period start date01 July 2018
To
Period end date30 June 2019
r ~ r ~
Charity name
Other names charity is known by
Registered charity number (if any) 1176267
The Magpie Project
Charity's principal address clo Durnin Hall
Earlham Grove
London
Postcode E7 QAB
Names of the chari trustees who mana e the chari
2345
Trustee name
Am RossAnne Kibuuka
Dianne Walls
Yasmin RazaTana Bnll
Office (if any)
Chair
Dates acted if not for wholeear
Ste ed down A ril 2019
Name of person (or body) entitledto a oint trustee if an
Names of the trustees for the chari if an, for exam le an custodian trusteesName Dates acted if not for whole ear
Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)T e of adviser Name Address
Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members 0 tional information
Jane Williams, Founder/Director
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Description of the charity's trusts
Type of governing document(eg. trust deed, constitution)
How the charity is constituted(eg trust, association, company)
Trustee selection methods(eg. appointed by, elected by)
Constitution
Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO)
Identified by the Founder/Director, interviewed and appointed by trustees.
Additional governance issues (0You may choose to includeadditional information, whererelevant, about:~ policies and procedures
adopted for the induction andtraining of trustees;
~ the charity's organisationalstructure and any widernetwork with which the charityworks;
~ relationship with any relatedparties;
~ trustees' consideration ofmajor risks and the systemand procedures to managethem.
tional informationApart from the first charity trustees, every trustee must be appointed for aterm of three years by a resolution passed at a properly convened meetingof the charity trustees. In selecting individuals for appointment as charitytrustees, the charity trustees must have regard to the skills, knowledgeand experience needed for the effective administration of the CIO.
The charity trustees make available to each new charity trustee, on orbefore his or her first appointment: a) a copy of the current version of theconstitution, b) a copy of the CIO's latest Trustees' Annual Report andstatement of accounts, and c) a copy of the Charity Commission's trusteewelcome pack and guidance (CC3) on the responsibilities of a charitytrustee.
The operational structure of the charity in the reporting year consisted of apart-time Founder/Director and part-time Volunteer Manager. As many as65 volunteers were engaged in delivering and supporting the project atany one time, as well as numerous health, housing, immigration, and otherprofessionals who volunteer their time on a regular basis.
The trustees regularly review the key financial, operational, strategic,reputational and safeguarding risks facing the charity. A risk register ismaintained and updated annually. Over the course of the reporting yearthe trustees considered key risks relating to insecurity of funds, sessionover-crowdin, and staff ca aci, and ut in lace lans to address these.
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Summary of the objects of thecharity set out in itsgoverning document
The prevention and relief of poverty for families with young children living
in temporary accommodation or at threat of homelessness in Newham
and adjacent boroughs —in particular providing a space to play and learn,
and for parents to gain professional advice and form social networks in
order to alleviate immediate difficulties, seek solutions to address their
need and reintegrate into existing universal services.
The Magpie Project supports insecurely or temporarily housed families
with children under 5 living in Newham and adjacent boroughs. Our
mission is to make life better —materially, socially, and emotionally —for
our families and ensure that young children do not suffer long-term
negative consequences as a result of their housing situation. We do not
try to solve the complex web of issues faced by our families, which are
beyond our remit and involve many other agencies. Rather we aim to put
a safety net under them, decrease their social isolation, increase their
resilience, and reduce the prospect of them getting into deeper difficulties
further down the line.
Summary of the mainactivities undertaken for thepublic benefit in relation tothese objects (include withinthis section the statutorydeclaration that trustees havehad regard to the guidanceissued by the CharityCommission on publicbenefit)
We do this by providing a supported stay-and-play session with travel to
and from the project paid for, a warm, healthy home-cooked lunch, and ababy bank of nappies, clothes and other essentials. While their children
play, make friends, build social skills and are supported by early yearsvolunteers, parents can access a range of advice and support on a range
of issues including housing, immigration, health and mental health,
parenting, employment readiness, domestic violence, FGM, substanceabuse and more. We build relationships with referrers, community groupsand other local organisations and act as the parents' information pointand social network at a time when theirs has been depleted by frequentmoves, life changes and poverty. We signpost families in need ofadditional support to universal or targeted services that they mayotherwise be unaware of or unable to access.
Our vision is for happier, healthier children, being positively parented byhappy, socially integrated and well-informed mums who feel more incontrol of their situation.
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Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)
Professional support: We receive professional support from a numberof partner organisations and services including: Kay Rowe Nursery andChildren's Centre (1 staff day per week), London Black Women's Project,Shelter (1 staff day per week), Shelter (1 staff day per week), DiscoverStory Stratford (10 events per term); as well as a nursery nurse (1 staffday per week), health visitor (2 hours per week).
These services are all given freely, however their estimated value isaround f24,000.
You may choose to includefurther statements, whererelevant, about:
~ policy on grantmaking;
policy programme relatedinvestment;
~ contribution made byvolunteers.
Volunteers: We are grateful to our 65+ volunteers who have given morethan 4,600 volunteer hours to the Project over the last year. They include15 UCL student volunteers, 5 visiting artists and practitioners, 5 trustees,4 members of a fundraising committee, 15 clothes sorters, 2 knitters, and5 soup makers.
The estimated value of their contribution exceeds 830,000 over the year.
Donations: Our donations over the year included food from Fairshareand Neighbourly, 35 new buggies from Maclaran, clothes and toys tomeet the needs of 90 mums, as well as sanitary, toiletry and make-upitems. We also received Christmas gifts worth R2,000 from WestfieldStrafford for our mums, meals and parties and a whole private cinemascreening through Universal.
The combined value of these items (even if bought second-hand), eventsand services is estimated to be around f20,000.
Other support: We have benefited hugely from the support andgenerosity of our local community, as well as the following localorganisations, businesses and charities who have helped withfundraising, events, mentoring, trustee recruitment, connections, andmore: AHMM architects, Enabled Living, Forest Gate Wl, Number 8Emporium, Wanstead Tap, Woodgrange Market, The Challenge Network,and ELBA.
In total we estimate that we have yielded more than f80,000 worth ofvalue in time and expertise donated to us.
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Summary of the mainachievements of the charityduring the year
During our second year we almost doubled our reach as we saw a total
of 298 mums, 325 under-fives, and 20 pregnant mums (2018: 185 mums,
211 under-fives and 12 pregnant mums).
Some of our achievements over this period included:
Twice-weekly workshops on health, mental health, migrant rights,
FGM, renters' rights, domestic abuse, health rights, Section 17
rights and expectations of council services
6,400 packs of nappies handed out to mums (2018: 1,680 packs
of nappies)More than 1,500 healthy, home-cooked lunches served (2018:1,000 lunches)A Steering Committee of mums worked with us throughout the
year to set priorities and input into the day-to-day running of the
project27 volunteers were trained on safeguarding, protecting
boundaries, risk, and trauma-informed care (2018:35 volunteers)
68 new families accessed housing advice from Shelter, plus many
others spoke to health workers, immigration advisors,
employment advisors, children's centres, and lots more (2018:109 families).
While we cannot claim credit for the outcomes of support and adviceprovided by our partners, we are thrilled that as a result of speaking tosome of the services we bring into the Project:
~ 32 families have been rehoused into more secure/appropriateaccommodation (2018:22 families)
~ 32 families have worked with the London Black Women's Projectto have their immigration status reviewed (2018:27 families)
~ 21 families have gained their right to remain in the UK and haverecourse to public funds (2018:12 families).
We raised the voices of our mums in the press including through articlesin The Guardian, The Observer, Newham Recorder, IVV London News,The Independent. Our influencing work extended to some of our mumsgiving evidence to Professor Philip Aston, the UN special rapporteur onextreme poverty, when he visited the UK in November 2018.
We were shortlisted as one of NESTA and The Guardian's 50 NewRadicals, a list of radical thinking individuals and organisations changingthe UK for the better.
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Brief statement of thecharity's policy on reserves
The Magpie Project has an unrestricted reserves target of three months'
operating costs (around F22,500). At the year-end our total unrestricted
reserves were f13,262.
Details of any funds materially N/A
in deficit
Further financial review details (Optional information)
You may choose to includeadditional information, whererelevant about:
~ the charity's principalsources of funds (including
any fundraising);
~ how expenditure hassupported the key objectivesof the charity;
~ investment policy andobjectives including anyethical investment policyadopted.
The Magpie Project is very grateful to the following organisations for their
support during the year:
Trust for LondonBBC Children In NeedThe National Lottery Community Fund Awards for All
London Catalyst Benevolent FundSouthwest Ham Children's Benevolent Fund
The Swan FoundationTesco Groundwork
Funding from these organisations has supported our key charitable
objectives (see section C).
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The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees' report above.
Signed on behalf of the charity's trustees
Signature(s)
Full name(s)Position (eg Secretary, Chair,
etc)
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March 2012
o CHARITY COMMISSIONFOR ENGLAND ANO WALES
Charity Name
The Magpie ProjectNo (if any)1176267
Receipts and payments accounts CC16aFOr the perled Period stan dele
Net of receiptsl(payments)A5 Transfers between funds
A6 Cash funds last year end
Cash funds this year end
58,482
321
2,42310,51813,262
40,277
5,235
2,423
819
98,759
4,915
18,99514,080
42,410
18,995
18,995
CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 19/04/2020
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Categories
B1 Cash funds
Details
Cash at bank
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Unrestrictedfunds
to neareat 813,282
Restrictedfunds
to nearest 8818
Endowmentfunds
to nearest 8
Total cash funds 13,282 818
B2 Other monetary assets
(serac balances wttb receipts and paymantsaccount(s)) 0I(
Unrestrictedfunds
to neatest 8Details
Q', i
Restrictedfunds
to nearest 8
QV
Endowmentfunds
to nearest f
B3 Investment assetsDetails
Fund to whichasset belon s
Current valueonal
B4 Assets retained for thecharity's own use
DetailsFund to whichasset beion a
Currant valueo onal
BS Liabilities
DetailsFund to which Amount due When duellabll relates o onal o onal
Signed by one or two trustees on behalf ofall the trustees
Si ture Print NameDate of
a roval
CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 19/04/2020
CHARITY COMMISSIONFQR ENGLAND AND WALES
Independent examiner'sreport on the accounts
Report to the trustees/ charity Name
members of The Magpie Project
On accounts for the year 30~ June 2019ended
Charity no 1176267(if any)
Set out on pages 1 to 8(remember to include the page numbers of additional sheatsj
Respective The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts inresponsibilities of accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ("the Act").
trustees and examinerThe charity's trustees consider that an audit is not required for this yearunder section 144 of the Act and that an independent examination isneeded.It is my responsibility to:~ examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charities Act,~ to follow the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission
(under section 145(5)(b) of the Act, and~ to state whether particular matters have come to my attention
Basis of independentexaminer's statement
Independentexaminer's statement
My examination was carried out in accordance with general Directions given
by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of theaccounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accountspresented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusualitems or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from thetrustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do notprovide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, andconsequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a 'true
and fair' view and the report is limited to those matters set out in thestatement below.
In connection with my examination, no material matters have come to myattention (other than that disclosed below ') which gives me cause to believethat in, any material respect:
~ accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 ofthe Charities Act or
~ the accounts do not accord with the accounting records
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection
with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable aprope understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Pl se delete th word n the brackets if they do not apply
Signed: Date: g, u $0
Name: Nicholas Mayn
Relevant professionalqualification(s) or body
(if any):
ACA —Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales
IER IIay 2018
Address: Windsor Road
London
E7 OQX
Give here brief details ofany items that theexaminer wishes todisclose.
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32,Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance forexaminers).